Crayon Portrait Woman, Oval Maple Frame

This late nineteenth to early twentieth-century bust-length portrait is a solar enlargement, a photographic process where a faint image was projected onto paper and then meticulously enhanced by hand with charcoal or crayon. The subject is a mature woman depicted with a stern expression and center-parted hair, wearing a dark, high-collared Victorian-era dress with a vertical row of buttons and a ruffled neck trim. The portrait is housed in its period oval wooden frame featuring a hand-painted faux-tiger maple grain finish and original convex bubble glass. No maker marks, studio stamps, signatures, or labels are visible on the front or the visible edges of the piece. 25x18

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